Janet Gregory "Do testers need to code?"

Janet Gregory "Do testers need to code?"
Janet Gregory, to jeden z dwóch, obok Alana Richardsona, gości specjalnych Agile & Automation Days.

In agile development, the whole cross-functional team shares responsibility for building quality in to their software, and for making sure all necessary testing gets done. Since the dawn of “agile”, back in the XP days, we’ve heard lots of talk that testers on agile teams should have programming skills. Some agile teams cling to the “Software Developer in Test” model, trying to hire programmers who are willing to work exclusively on automating tests. Others say “everyone should be able to do everything, including coding”. Do testers really need to be coders to succeed on agile teams? Janet will address this issue, and shares her ideas on specialized skills testers need to add value to their agile teams – and these aren’t coding skills!

 

 

O autorce:

Janet Gregory to trener, coach agile i konsulant. Wspólnie z Lisą Crispin napisała dwie książki „Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams (Addison-Wesley, 2009) i „Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team” (Addison-Wesley 2014). Janet specjalizuje się w pokazywaniu zespołom agile w jaki sposób testerzy mogą wesprzeć ich pracę nie tylko krytykując produkt, ale np. przez prowadzenie rozwoju oprogramowania w oparciu o testy zorientowane biznesowo. Janet pomaga też zespołom, którą chcą rozpocząć pracę w agile, prowadzi szkolenia i warsztaty z zakresu testowania w agile na całym świecie. Jej artykuły pojawiają się w branżowych czasopismach, jest też częstym gościem konferencji na wszystkich kontynentach. Aby dowiedzieć się więcej na temat Janet, warto odwiedzić jej bloga www.janetgregory.ca. Zapraszamy też do śledzenia jej na twitterze: @janetgregoryca.

[ENG] Janet Gregory is an agile testing coach and process consultant with DragonFire Inc. She is the co-author with Lisa Crispin of Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams (Addison-Wesley, 2009), and More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team (Addison-Wesley 2014). She is also a contributor to 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know. Janet specializes in showing agile teams how testers can add value in areas beyond critiquing the product; for example, guiding development with business-facing tests. Janet works with teams to transition to agile development, and teaches agile testing courses and tutorials worldwide. She contributes articles to publications such as Better Software, Software Test & Performance Magazine and Agile Journal, and enjoys sharing her experiences at conferences and user group meetings around the world. For more about Janet’s work and her blog, visit www.janetgregory.ca. You can also follow her on twitter @janetgregoryca.

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